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The trick to decorating for the seasons is to try to match the mood of the season through color and style. Spring is considered a fresh and alive season that does well with pastels and symbols of new birth. Summer is considered the height of abundance and you can decorate with lots of colors while keeping thinks airy for those hot, sweltering days. Fall demands the leaf colors like orange, red, and brown. It?s a time to get ready for the coming of winter. Winter is obviously more drab and somber with grays, dark shades of blues and reds being favored. It also is about nesting to make things feel warm and cozy too.

Spring

Everyone does a little spring-cleaning when the mood hits us. We know it by the birds chirping and the daffodils flowering. The thick furnishings of winter are replaced by lighter versions and pastel colors. This includes the covers on your bed, curtains, and the towels in the bathroom and kitchen. The windows that stayed shut all winter long might be pried open with herbs being placed along the sill in preparation for summer.

Summer

Summer has some great holidays and activities. Fourth of July and Labor Day are great decorating favorites. They use strong colors and vivid shades. Candles might be changed out to thin tapers from large candlesticks. Flowers are brought into the home as natural decorating elements. Area rugs might be picked up to let the wood floors have their day. Fans are moved in place and glassware becomes more visible, not just for flower vases, but for that cool drink with ice.

Fall

Fall has tons of decorating potential from all the natural materials available. One can use the squashes, dried corn on the cob, and fallen pinecones to make centerpieces or hanging accents or wreaths. Colors turn to shades of orange, red, and brown. Pumpkins appear at this time of year too. The bed coverings are changed out and coat or umbrella stands might reappear.

Winter

Winter means clearing out all the summer and fall clutter for a more serene winter landscape. The fireplace can become a big focal point in winter and changing out the mantle place decorations is very appropriate. Add lamps to your rooms if the winter sun isn?t enough to read by. Rearrange the furniture to make it cozy and inviting. Add books to your rooms. Paint a wall a darker color. Change the slipcover on your sofa to something more durable and softer. Add some throw blankets and pillows.

If you are following a seasonal palette and decorating scheme, you can still mix in out-of-season items with in-season items to add a quirky touch of fun. Adding an indoor herb garden or bringing your garden statues inside in the winter is one way to lighten the winter mood. Adding a shot of black to your spring colors might be considered interesting. Just remember that decorating is all about fun and your own personality. Any framework, whether it is seasonal or holiday decorating just helps to guide you to find your own unique expression in decorating.

Obviously, if you have a good sized kitchen with plenty of cupboard space then you are one of the lucky ones. Many of us, however, live in tiny properties with kitchens that really are too small to work comfortably in and which feature far too few storage places for your kitchen appliances. This would be less of a problem is people spent a little time completely reorganizing their kitchen so that it worked more efficiently and more effectively. Unfortunately, in this fast-paced life most of us live, there is far too little time to properly organize this household hub into the truly space saving kitchen that it should be. If you can set aside a day in which you truly think about the layout of your kitchen, how many cupboards you have and the jobs you do in your kitchen, then you are going to come up with a far better plan on where to keep each of your appliances so that, when you want to use them, they can be quickly and easily located.

The ideal space saving kitchen has sufficient counter space and storage area, set out within the ideal ‘working triangle’ of cooker, sink and work space. Cutting down on the distance you have to walk to get anything is the idea behind the most effective kitchen layouts. Obviously, for some of us, the shape of our kitchens precludes this. If you think about it, however, a large square kitchen is not always the best option: just think of the amount of wasted floor-space that you have to walk across on a regular basis. Often, smaller kitchens can work far better. The secret is organization – and not letting dirty dishes get out of hand! This brings me to the appliances necessary to make a space saving kitchen a reality.

Even in the tiniest of kitchens it is possible to fit in a dishwasher. It doesn’t have to be a full-size model: there are plenty of table-top and slimline models available nowadays. Haier, for instance, produces two different models of smaller-than-average dishwashers. The first model is a four-setting table-top model and, at just 40lbs, can be stored away when not in use. This model has a plastic interior and hooks up to the kitchen tap with a tap adapter and measures 21.25 inches x 19.5 inches x 17.37 inches. They also make a six-place model which weighs 77lb and which offer a couple of benefits not found in the smaller model. There is a choice of wash cycles with this model and a delayed start option. The base is fitted with casters to make moving it around a bit easier when not being used.

Another option for the space saving kitchen is for your dishwasher to be fitted into a drawer, with models which have the option of fitting single drawers or double drawers. Each of these Kitchen Aid dishwashers features a selection of five cycles and are certified by Energy Star. Kitchen Aid also makes an in-sink option for particularly small dish loads. This model is quite deep and can double up as an extra sink and comes with an integral cutting board and hot-pots’ resting placement. The in-sink model can run four cycles for up to five place settings. This model has to be the ultimate in space saving options and perfect for the space saving kitchen.

Whether you are conscious of it or not, you already have perceptions of the businesses and brands you come across every day. Take computers, for instance. You probably think of innovation for Apple, customization for Dell and economy for eMachines.

Companies in each industry do their best to influence customers? perceptions through branding. Branding involves everything from logos and marketing campaigns to employees? attitudes. Apple?s store layout, advertisements and product design, for example, are all designed to convince consumers that the company?s products are innovative.

In today?s competitive marketplace, it is vital that you create a brand for your product that communicates what you are all about. The following are a few items to consider while creating a brand identity:

Research
When building a brand identity, research is your foundation. Take your research seriously, because if you build your brand on the wrong assumptions, it could fall apart.

Learn more about your customer base. Who are you targeting and what are their needs? What are they looking for from your company? After you find out exactly what your customers are expecting, look at your competitors to see what they are delivering. Your brand should be something unique. Finally, look at what you can offer your audience, and base your brand identity around one of your strengths.

Strategy
A successful branding strategy is built directly on your research. Don?t try to create a brand that you can?t deliver or doesn?t speak to your customer?s needs. If you?re not the fastest in the industry, then don?t say that you are. If your customers don?t need the highest quality, then don?t build your brand around quality. Trust your research, and don?t be afraid to eliminate potential customers by building a brand that is too broad.

Also, you need to create a strategy that is unique and relevant. For example, a brand that says your product is ?excellent? doesn?t really say anything and won?t stand out in the marketplace. However, if your brand says that your product is ?built to last,? your customers know what to expect.

Execution
It has been said that your brand is the sum of all your parts, both the good and the bad. Therefore, a brand identity campaign is not just creating a cool logo or coming up with a catchy slogan. It?s making sure all your employees are on board with the values you are trying to communicate. It?s providing extra training for your customer service representatives or budgeting extra for customer perks.

Once you take the time to implement your brand identity, stick with it. Most successful corporations keep the same logo and slogan for decades. Don?t confuse your audience by changing your whole identity at the first sign of trouble. Trust your strategy, weather the storms, and establish an identity that will remain strong for years to come.

We all have it. That bare spot. It feels naked, almost vulnerable. It simply must be covered to make a room complete, but with what?

You?ve picked the furniture, the carpets, even the window treatments ? but what to do with that glaring, empty wall space?

Here?s my list of the Top Ten decorative accents for your walls:

1. Hand-touched Giclee Print on Canvas ? OK, it?s not an original artwork, but it looks pretty darn close and is much more affordable. With the quality of giclee reproduction coupled with the texture of canvas and the added texture provided by hand-embellished oil paint, only you and your wallet will know the difference. With gallery-wrapped options, no frame is needed, and say goodbye to the glare you get from glass-encased prints.
2. Memo or Chalkboard ? Make that accent functional as well as decorative. For busy families on the go, a message board is an indispensable way to remember those little errands. Choices include magnetic chalkboards with unique magnets, ornate wood or decorative metal framed corkboards with funky pushpins, or memo boards coupled with art prints.
3. Decorative Ironwork ? A unique wall hanging, it will not compete with colors, patterns and textures in the room like a painting might. Iron finishes can range from rustic and antique to shiny and new, depending on how you want to complement the rest of the elements in the room.
4. Uniquely framed antique glass mirror ? I love the look of smoky antiqued styles, they are mirrors without being mirrors, if you know what I mean. They add reflected light and help to visually enlarge a room.
5. Candle Sconce ? Add a little romantic light and instant ambiance without paying an electrician to rewire. Wrap cascading bead garland around the base of your candle to really dress it up.
6. Wall Planter ? You don?t need a green thumb to bring a ?natural? feel to a room. Some realistic faux trailing ivy or a bunch of artificial hydrangea flowers will do wonders, and only you will know the truth.
7. Shadow Box Displays ? Show off a few prized possessions or treasured mementos to personalize your d?cor. Use your imagination, and the possibilities are endless. And you can?t be any more unique ? your art will be one of a kind.
8. Reproduction Antique Clock ? Make a timely statement with an interesting and functional wall clock. Styles reminiscent of vintage establishments and cities around the world suggest they were plucked off the wall of a century-old caf?.
9. Coat & Hat Hooks ? Face it, coats never make it into the closet when you first get home, so cut to the chase and hang some great hooks so you can at least get them off the backs of your chairs.
10. Photograph Collection ? My personal favorite, and a guaranteed show stopper. Who can resist stopping to gaze at your best shots? For a really impactful display, unify the group with one consistent element, such as similar frames, the same color mats, the same size or all black and white images.

Each situation is different, so take note of what you already have and how big an area you have to work with while you consider the suggestions above. Although some options are obviously not suited to some rooms, try to visualize the space with one or more accents and run with your favorite choice.

Don?t just leave that empty wall hanging! Dress it stylishly and you will give your room the finished look it deserves, and yourself an elegantly decorated room you can be proud of.

Going back thousands of years ago in the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations, patchwork fabrics have developed into more than an art today. Patchwork simply means patching or piecing together bits and pieces of cloths to come up with a large material good enough for bedspreads or curtains. Others also use it as the accent of the room by simply hanging it on the wall.

Patchwork and quilting have a converging history but are very distinct from each other. It was used for added protection and comfort under the metal armor in the earlier days. In the 14th century, records show that patchwork fabrics have been used for beddings and clothing. In the 18th century, quilting has been applied to coats and bonnets. Patchworks, on the other hand, can be said to be products of necessity. They say necessity is the mother of invention and patchwork is the product of trying times since it simply means piecing together of smaller scraps of cloth to make a larger material good enough for practical needs. You can make use of smaller scraps of fabrics as well as cut up those which are damaged or torn beyond their original use.

However, it was not until the twentieth century that patchwork and quilting become a hobby and a form of art in America. The techniques have also evolved using more modern methods and a more extensive selection of prints and colors to choose from.

The main category one chooses is the color and everything else follows, like the prints and the shape of the cut outs. Moreover, you are in for some tough time since there are so many colors and prints to choose from. Hence, coming up with the final decision will be very hard indeed. You can choose from floral, batik, Christmas or a classic theme.

But then again, if you have leftover linen or any other fabric form the last pattern you made, you can certainly make use of those odds and bits. You can then make use of your creativity and come up with a design that is so uniquely you. And you?re going to be practical too. By using leftover materials, you won?t need to buy a new kit for your patchwork fabric.

As for the pattern, let your imagination and creativity flow freely. There are so many patterns you can do, such as chessboard, diamond, triangles, and squares of different sizes, the choice is yours. Anything is possible, if you can imagine it then all you have to do is put that abstract idea into something more tangible. Make something that you would like to see and a project you would like to start and, more importantly, complete.

Patchwork and quilting are activities you can do on your own, or if would like to spend time with others with the same interests. There are even clubs and groups solely for people who love quilting. With the power of the internet, individuals who love making patchwork fabrics can get together and enjoy making a quilt as a group or doing each separately.

Patchworking and quilting have gone a long way from what it was centuries ago. It has become one of the most popular past times because it brings together practicality and creativity, one combination which works for a lot of people.

It has been an exciting time for growth and development in patchwork which has now captivated the interest and imaginations of many. They range from hobbyist who loves creativity for its own sake to the artists who make use of all the artistic potentials of patchwork and quilting in creating masterpiece of art.

Everyone plans to go for home improvement so that they may be able to beautify their homes. This way, they are putting value in ensuring that their homes become a warm, pleasant and comfortable place to stay in.

However, we understand for a fact that home improvement translates to costs. With this, we also know that it may require quite an amount of money for us to be able to carry out our plans. However, we say that there many ways in which home improvement can be achieved. Remodeling may not necessarily be needed as there is another inexpensive means of achieving beautification of the home which need not be too costly. This is by investing in Modern Furniture.

Truly, a lot of designers have been suggesting that modern furniture is the way to go. It will do wonders to your home and will help you make that home improvement plans a reality.

There are a few steps that you can observe as you go through this endeavor of home improvement. You can follow this so that you may quickly achieve your home improvement goals.

The first thing that you need to do is to select a theme which you will go with. These sets the mood and feel to your home. This will help you identify which modern furniture to buy and will minimize the wastage and difficulty of having a scattered approach when it comes to the look you are trying to achieve. What this means is that just buying furniture is not good. Instead, your purchase should be anchored to the theme which you have selected. The theme can be identified by taking a closer look at the interiors of your house which includes the materials used in building it and all other details. From here, you may identify what theme to go for and if in doubt, you can always ask help from an experienced designer.

The next thing to do upon identification of the theme is to purchase the modern furniture which you will be putting in your home. Before you go about buying, it will be important first to take measurements. This allows you to estimate and take a good look at the spaces available for you to identify how big of furniture you will be requiring for each space.

Once you have done this, then it makes it easier now to purchase the furniture. There are a number of ways to go about this. You may go shopping and visit home furniture stores or you may simply browse over the web where they can be found likewise.

Eliza Maledevic Ayson

If you wish your home to be different from the rest, then have a bit of time to think about furnishing it with antiques. Merely by going back one hundred years, Victorian and Edwardian antique pieces can give your home an exquisite and royal look also adding an incomparable, old era feel, which can’t ever be resurrected in modern boxed flats.

A word of caution before you commence, hold in your mind that buying antiques necessitates a bit more caution than purchasing other items for your house. The initial rule of buying antiques is that they should be thoroughly studied under bright illumination to see that they are undamaged and durable. Next, if possible art objects should be carried out of doors and examined in the sunshine to ensure that they are genuinely antiquated and not bogus. Do not get disconcerted if the furniture seller gives you bad vibes for checking the nitty gritty things before buying. It is utterly essential that you get genuine pieces without shabby patched up work offered as a substitute for refined renovation.

One of the leading art phases to have shaped antique furniture was the 17th century art form best-known as Baroque. Characterized by elaborately large ornamental designs, elaborate panels and columns, this art form was popularized in the seventeenth Century due to its free-thinking originations, under the reign of King Louis XIV of France.

Later, the potent Baroque went to a more subtly understated Rococo mode of furnishing, but during the reign of Louis XIV all major architectural constructions, like The Louvre and The Palace at Versailles were tessellated with the spectacular Baroque pattern. Typifying force and rampant power, Baroque remained firm for everything that was stupendous and resplendent as portrayed by its dramatic and wide-ranging style.

Some of the most common furniture art objects on which the Baroque designs flourished were intricate looking-glasses on which were sculptured ornate, involved patterns and floral themes, the great beds with draped and sumptuous spreads and vast cabinets. As Baroque style furniture has this extremely conspicuous expressive style with detailed motifs, it requires plenty of space and the adequate context to prevent it from appearing over-ornate and higgledy-piggledy.
This is particularly so, because it is not like the subtle coloring of Renaissance art and its attractively eye-catching patterns, which go along with most environments, Baroque with its emphatic usance of luminance and shade and its vortexes of imposing movements does involve the correct sort of background to show it off.

So if you reckon that you desire a spectacular and noble look for your abode try the Baroque look for a real difference. It is genuinely fundamental to furnish cautiously, as crowding together could make your home look like an over-stocked museum. And so in the future, when you renovate and refurbish your home, try doing things a little differently and and rather more bravely with Baroque.

The most cozy and comfortable corner of a person?s house is his bedroom or sitting room. Perhaps, these rooms are often the silent spectator to many a man?s greatest creation or passionate feelings. Even today the rooms of historic personalities are preserved by many governments as the cradle of their path breaking ideas.

The decor and design of a room reflects the personality of a person. His taste and style gets vividly reflected in the space that he stays.

Even though the market is flooded with room ideas for decorating, every room in the house has a different purpose and decoration is mainly done keeping that purpose in mind. Often nowadays many people resort to decorating ideas that are space saving since most smaller homes nowadays suffer from space constraints.
Bright colors generally accentuates the size and look of a room whereas dull submissive colors give a very romantic and cozy feeling to a room. Subdued colors should ideally be used in bed rooms to give it a romantic feel.
Room ides for decorating a bedroom involves painting the walls in pastel shades like beige, cream, pink etc, and adding a wonderful trunk or an ethnic coffee table help to give an ethnic feel to the room. Intimate pictures of the couples can adorn the wall in beautiful frames. Vases that can be placed on the floor are ideal for decorating a bedroom. Candles and candle stands also adds a different type of romantic feel to the entire room. Curtain and drapes again should be in lighter tones preferably white or in any other color matching the wall color

Living room ? a living room is a place where we welcome guests into our house, since this is the first room that an outsider sees, care should be taken to ensure that the living room is beautifully furnished. Some basic room ides for decorating a living room is to use neutral shades wall paper, and team it up with hard wood floor. Windows of the living room should be large to allow sufficient light to enter. The furniture should be centered on an arch or fireplace. Using lots of decorative color pillow in sofas adds life to the room. A fish pond, a fountain or a tall tree can be used as accessories to give the room a more elegant look

Bathroom ? the bathroom is perhaps the most private room in the entire house hold, and the task of decorating can be really tedious if not done with care .The most important thing is the shower curtain. The shower curtain should be beautiful, as well as convenient to use and replace. Ideally there should be a co-ordination between the color of the shower curtain and the walls. People who want to make their bathroom look larger can go in for brighter colors.
In closing, every room offers immense opportunity and should be modeled in such a way that it can exude its own charm and aura!

Sometimes, a bathroom is too small to fit a regularly sized bathtub in, but there are small bathtubs available for these tiny places. Small bathtub designs are influenced by the common Japanese bathtubs. Japanese tubs are much smaller than Western tubs, causing the person bathing to be more vertical than horizontal. Because western bathtub users generally prefer to soak deeply in the water, the idea of sitting in a small bathtub may seem like it wouldn’t be warm or enjoyable, but this isn’t true. Small tub designs today are just as comfortable and as easy to bathe in as large tub designs in bigger bathrooms.

A bathroom that is not very wide won’t allow for a bathtub that is long enough to lie in, but a small bathtub can run very deep, sometimes with a seat inside, to allow for an in-depth bathe even though the person would only be sitting down. These deep tubs don’t have to be sunk into the floor to fit into the bathroom either. It’s possible with modern technology to raise the bathtub onto a pedestal before sinking it into the floor. So in the end, the bottom of the bathtub is on the original floor, but because the pedestal ledges cover the bottom of the bathtub, it doesn’t look like the small bathtub is a giant hole.

Not only are there bathtubs that are smaller than the typical five feet, but there are tubs known as walk-in tubs. These tubs are very deep, so the only way one can enter them is by opening a door and walking into it. The disadvantage of this kind of bathtub is that you must be in the tub before you fill it with water and after you drain the water.

Fiberglass is a modern material commonly used to make bathtubs, and because it’s so soft, it can be molded into virtually any shape necessary. Small tubs don’t have to be rectangular, but they can be triangular, rounded, or trapezoid-shaped, depending on how the bathtub will fit into that little bathroom corner.

If you are interested in decorating your house, you should not compromise when t comes to choosing the perfect rugs for your cradle. Therefore, you should choose the quality Rug Pads because they are likely to last for a longer period of time. You should not rush into buying the cheapest item because you are very likely to be disappointed by its quality. Therefore, you need to take your time and pick just the quality rugs made of natural fibers.

The natural fibers are to be preferred because they are less expensive and their price is not going to affect their quality at all. You will have to take care of the rugs you buy but you can also provide yourself with further information by accessing the online stores. You need to go online in order to find the best deals ever; the retailer sites are to be checked out in order to make the wisest choice without having to spend a fortune.

The online stores may provide you with great discounts and lots of choices and you should take full advantage of this opportunity. Many online stores have regular sales; warehouse prices will also be included and you are likely to benefit from free shipping. Therefore, if you area aware that your house needs a perfect finishing, you have arrived at the right place because the online providers can surprise you with their wide range of offers.

Still, you will have to choose the Rug Pads and Bamboo Rugs by your own. You will have to decide whether the rugs will serve your practical purposes or not. For instance, you will have to measure the room in order to decide the size of your rug; you have to think about this before going online and shopping. You should shop around in order to find out about the most reasonable deals but you have to make your mind about the exact type of rug you are going to buy.

You will have to pay attention to your own needs and preferences; you will have to think about the d?cor. You have to learn how to choose quality patterns that will suit your home. You should not compromise on the quality of the Bamboo Rugs or Rug Pads; you will have to choose the finest material in order to make sure your investment will last. You should not forget that the wool rug can be regarded as a sort of natural air regulator and this feature can become extremely useful when dealing with hot summer days.

You will have to provide yourself with the necessary information in order to find the perfect stores that can provide you with quality products. By choosing a reliable online provider, you will save your time and money. You can also take advantage of the existing discounts that are available only on the online market. The internet has come along with plenty of opportunities for the people who are highly interested in redecorating their homes and the outdoor areas.

The sites are to be browsed in order to make your min; but you will have to make sure that you understand all the conditions and terms involved in the online transactions. You should also try and compare various rates in order to make sure you choose the most profitable deal. You should also read all the details before buying the Bamboo Rugs and the Rug Pads; if you want to buy quality stuff, you should never make haste. On the contrary, you should take your time and carefully read the information. The displayed information can have an important impact upon your final decision. All the details are to be taken into account in order not to make an expensive mistake.

You should also find out everything you can about the existing guarantee schemes before purchasing the rugs; you have to provide yourself with all the necessary information in order to know the details about the return policy. Therefore, you should make sure that you are provided with all the needed information in advance in order to make a wise choice and purchase. Buying rugs has never been so easy but you have to take care in order not to be scammed by sites that claim they can offer you the best deals and the best rugs online. Never trust them before checking out all the available details; the details can make the difference when trying to buy online.